
Hourly precipitation
Rain bands · next 24 hours
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Hourly · high resolution · satellite-driven
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Rain bands · next 24 hours

5 km resolution · hourly

Wind speed · energy planning

Fast-changing conditions

Radiation and cloud cover

Global forecast layers
Better reach, speed, and detail for decisions that depend on the weather.
Track fast-changing rain and snow with forecasts generated every hour of every day.
WeatherNext 3 draws directly from raw satellite imagery to expand reach and detail.
Predict targeted temperature and humidity at 5 km and other surface variables at 10 km.
Explore precipitation, temperature, humidity, wind, radiation, and cloud cover.
Support renewable-energy planning and weather-sensitive operations with relevant variables.
Use high-resolution forecasts without setting up and operating a forecasting model yourself.
Move from a place and a weather question to focused forecast intelligence.
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Choose precipitation, temperature, humidity, wind, radiation, or cloud cover.
Add the question, timing, and context that matter to your planning.
Generate a weather-focused conversation and examine the conditions that matter.
How could hourly wind and cloud-cover forecasts affect renewable energy operations in this region tomorrow?
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Bring frequent, detailed weather information into the decisions people and organizations make every day.
Plan wind and solar operations using wind, radiation, and cloud-cover forecasts.
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Explore forecastFollow local precipitation, heat, humidity, and wind variables that affect field work.
Explore forecastExplore changing forecast layers and tropical cyclone context alongside official guidance.
Explore forecastCompare high-resolution operational and historical forecasts for analysis and experimentation.
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See how WeatherNext helped the National Hurricane Center better predict Hurricane Melissa’s historic landfall in Jamaica.
Explore weather intelligenceAccess high-resolution operational and historical forecasts without setting up the model yourself.
Explore published WeatherNext research datasets and compare forecast behavior over time.
Inspect precipitation, wind, temperature, humidity, radiation, and cloud-cover layers.
Use an experimental environment to explore tropical systems and compare model outputs.
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Practical answers about what WeatherNext 3 is, how to use it, where to access it, and how it compares with earlier models.
What the hourly global model produces, why hourly forecasts matter, and how to read them.
Read the guideHow to read an hourly forecast, which variables resolve at 5 km, and what the numbers mean.
Read the guideA step-by-step workflow from a location and a decision to a usable forecast.
Read the guideThere is no app to install. How the browser experience works on phones, tablets and desktop.
Read the guideWhat can actually be downloaded, and which data channels deliver forecast fields.
Read the guideWhere the model reaches Google Search, Gemini, Maps and the cloud data products.
Read the guideHow teams move from manual forecast checks to programmatic access.
Read the guideArchitecture, resolution, satellite inputs and what changed from WeatherNext 2.
Read the guideWhat the reported accuracy numbers measure, their baselines, and how to check forecasts locally.
Read the guideTracking storms hour by hour with native cyclone tracks and the National Hurricane Center case.
Read the guideThe September 3, 2026 launch timeline: paper, product rollout and data channels.
Read the guideRepos, pretrained weights and hosted data for the WeatherNext family, and what is open.
Read the guideWhat is free, what is paid, and how to avoid paying for something that is free elsewhere.
Read the guideThe key points of arXiv 2609.03582: hourly satellite-driven forecasts, 0.1 degree fields and 64-member ensembles.
Read the guideStudying the model’s global forecast layers on Google’s interactive research platform.
Read the guideWhere the model appears inside Google’s apps, and why no standalone download exists.
Read the guideThe research organization behind the model, and which sources to read for yourself.
Read the guideWhat a download search actually finds, and how to get app-like access without an installer.
Read the guideHow rain is modelled at 0.1 degree, and what the reported gains do and do not mean.
Read the guideThe four channels into forecast data, what access includes, and a realistic first path.
Read the guideWhat changed between generations in cadence, resolution and inputs.
Read the guideA hands-on week with the hourly view: what held up, what did not, and who it is for.
Read the guideThe honest route onto an iPhone, with no App Store listing required.
Read the guideThree generations of AI weather compared: resolution, cadence, ensembles and inputs.
Read the guideTracking typhoons and cyclones hour by hour, and where official warnings still rule.
Read the guideAnswers about WeatherNext 3 forecasts, resolution, variables, access, and applications.
WeatherNext 3 is Google DeepMind’s most advanced global weather AI model. It generates forecasts every hour and delivers high-resolution local weather variables.
WeatherNext 3, also written Weather Next 3 or WeatherNext3, is Google DeepMind’s hourly weather AI model. weathernext3.lol is an independent third-party experience for exploring its forecasts and is not operated by or affiliated with Google DeepMind.
It is the first global WeatherNext model designed to generate forecasts every hour of the day, every day of the year.
WeatherNext 3 directly leverages raw satellite imagery, enabling frequent global forecasts and detailed local outputs.
It predicts weather-station-targeted temperature and humidity at 5 km resolution and other surface variables such as wind at 10 km.
The published capabilities include precipitation, snow, temperature, humidity, wind, radiation, and cloud cover.
Yes. It forecasts variables relevant to wind and solar farms, including wind, radiation, and cloud cover.
Weather Lab is an experimental research platform for exploring global forecast layers, tracking tropical cyclones, and comparing AI models with meteorological baselines.
No. weathernext3.lol is an independent third-party experience and is not operated by or affiliated with Google DeepMind.
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